Ian Battrick

Professional Surfer

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Ian is as close to a "surfer's surfer" as you'll find. Willing to go feral just about anywhere in search of a perfect wave, constantly on the search for the best waves he can find, from warm to cold climates and regularly cutting himself off from most of the world for months at a time. There is no doubt growing up on Jersey, an island nine miles long by five miles wide in The English Channel, is what helped spur him on into wandering the rest of the world. Ian's philosophy is simple, "staying true to a promise he made himself when he was 17 years old. Blown apart by the sudden consecutive loss of three of his best friends (car crash, cancer, heroin) he resolved to live his life to the absolute fullest, to go where his heart told him and not put the dreams off until he could fit them in."

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